Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-08-01
Condensed DISPATCHER.

NJ. Delefassos has challenged M. Laur to
fight duel.
Jeremiah Conway of Lowell. Mass, aged
80. was sunstruck Sunday noon and died at
night.
Nineteen persons died in New York, Sun
day without medical attendance, the largest
number on record.
The continued drought in several States
has seriously injured the corn crop. The oat
crop, as expected, is light.
| Edward T. Symonds, a well known sport
ing man, was found dead Saturday morning
in his room at the Revere hotel, Providence,
R..
| The barn of the Whittenton Manufacturing
Company at Taunton, Mass, was struck by
| Lightning Sunday and burned, causing a loss
of $4,000.
Thomas McDonough of Worcester, Mass,
while bathing in Winter Pond, Sunday morn
ing. became entangled in weeds and was
drowned.
Fire damaged the Wells and French Com.
pany's bridge and car building works at Chi
cago, Saturday morning, to the amount of
| Sl50,000.
A severe thunder and hail storm Sunday
| afternoon, with high wind, did great dam
age to tobacco and other crops at South Gas
tonburg, CT.
Hanlan has accepted Teemer's challenge
to row three mile race for $1,000 a side
The race is to be rowed on Toronto Bay
August II or ID.
At Aver. Mass, Saturday, the committee
for the enforcement of the liquor law, with
the sheriff, raided the Union house and got a
quantity of liquor.
A colored bov about eighteen years DID,
supposed to be Joseph Sewall of Portsmouth.
N. H., was killed at Hampton, N. H., by
train, Sunday morning.
Mrs. Catherine Melville of Providence, r.
l., burned Friday while trying to kndle a
fire BY pouring on kerosene oil, died at the
Rhode Island hospital Saturday.
Henry S. George, a prominent glove man
ufacturer of Plymouth, N. H., died Saturday
night aged 40. He held numerous public
otfi .es and was prominent Mason.
During severe thunder storm at Fall
River, Mass, Sunday afternoon. the house
of rhOs. Moran was struck and conside rably
damaged ard Patrick Moran was prostrated
by tha shock.
IL is credibly reported that Sir John Pope
Hennessey. recently reinstated as governor
gen, TAI ot Maurltuis, after several months
suspension, has sued the London Times for
f2u 600 for lioel.
| Nellie Taylor of Water bury, CT, aged IL
years. while bathing with companion in a
tributary of the Naugatuck river, near her
hone at Reynolds bridge, Saturday after
noon, WAS taken with cramps and drowned.
The health officers of New York, Saturday
| found three children i'll with small pox on
Esst Third street. They had been hidden
away for nearly two weeks. Another case of
small pox is reported from Sixth street
They were all removed to the smallpox hos
pita.
Tht steamer Eruria, which arrived at
/ Gu, chr, own Friday night from New York,
encountered a violent hurricane on Thurs
day. Mr.. Kemp of Illinois, passenger, was
thrown about during the storm with such
force that one of his arms was fractured and
his head badly cut.
A severe thunder storm Sunday morning
did considerable damage at Springfield, Mass
The lightning fred house on State street.
number of persons in the vicinity were
affected. Telephone and telegraph lines
were broken. A number of shade trees were
blown down by the tornado and several streets
were blockaded
A small elevator in the Brennan tanning
works at St. Louis, in which seven girls and
a man were crowded, fell distance of forty
feet Saturday night. The president of the
company had his skull fractured and Annie
Moran, girl eighteen years old, was man
| gled in horrible manner. Both will die.
Several of the other girls are in a critical
condition.
Steamer Glenshield from Japan with first
cargo of new crop of tea, arrived at quaran-
tine in New York Saturday morning. She
sailed from Yokohama May 31st in company
with the steamer Monmouthshire, in race
for this port, and great interest has been felt
and large sums of money wagered on the re-
suit. The Glensheld passed Gibralter July
| and tho hsh opa dav later